Holiday Inn Cambridge, An Ihg Hotel

“A Super place in Cambridge”

My wife, who is disabled, and I stopped here for a quick lunch today on the way back from a trip. I knew the place is easy to access with a wheel chair with plenty of car parking space and nice grounds The bar and Restaurant staff were externally friendly and helpful. The young lady at the bar who… more

My wife, who is disabled, and I stopped here for a quick lunch today on the way back from a trip. I knew the place is easy to access with a wheel chair with plenty of car parking space and nice grounds The bar and Restaurant staff were externally friendly and helpful. The young lady at the bar who took the order (Leoni?) was efficient, business like and helpful. Although I mentioned Leoni by name -because I saw her name on the badge - the other two staff who served us lunch were also extremely exceptional. I say this because these days it is difficult to find good 'quality' hospitality staff particularly on this side of the 'pond'. Now turning to the food and drink. The food was very excellent, good vale and well presented. Well done kitchen staff! Great desserts and Coffee too. Keep it up ! We will be returning! I thought I should leave a review so that others in Cambridge where good accessible establishments are far and few!

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“Good hotel, bed sizes in the king rooms aren't all the same”

We have stayed at the Holiday Inn Cambridge several times while visiting family in the village and always enjoyed our stay. We especially appreciate the nice common areas, the well-stocked breakfast buffet and the made-to-order breakfast omelets. The front desk staff were very helpful when the taxi… more

We have stayed at the Holiday Inn Cambridge several times while visiting family in the village and always enjoyed our stay. We especially appreciate the nice common areas, the well-stocked breakfast buffet and the made-to-order breakfast omelets. The front desk staff were very helpful when the taxi booked to take part of our group to the train station didn't show up. And the location works well for us. The issue for us on this trip was that, although our room was listed as a King room, it wasn't a Premium King and we didn't realize that meant the bed would be substantially smaller than the beds in the rooms we had stayed in on previous trips. The hotel was full and they were not able to move us to a different room. I ended up sleeping on the pull-out sofa bed and leaving the actual bed to my husband. I subsequently followed up with the front desk staff in connection with a future booking and learned that the bed sizes in the different rooms vary considerably in ways that aren't obvious from the room descriptions. Here is what they told me about their various bed sizes: Mattress Size Inches Centimetres Single Mattress Dimensions 3ft x 6ft 3” 90cm x 190cm Small Double Mattress Dimensions 4ft x 6ft 3” 120cm x 190cm Double Mattress Dimensions 4ft 6” x 6ft 3” 135cm x 190cm King Size Mattress Dimensions 5ft x 6ft 6” 150cm x 200cm Super King Mattress Dimensions 6ft x 6ft 6” 180cm x 200cm Apparently the King Standard rooms have a standard double bed (4'6" wide, go figure why it's described as a king room if the bed is a double), the King Premium rooms have a king mattress (5' wide) and the Premium Super King rooms have a super king mattress (6' wide). I would have appreciated knowing this before our last trip and wanted to share the information.

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“Shower not working/reception did not want to know”

The bathroom has seen better days and the shower was not working. On the mixer tap the button/knob you push down for bath and pull up for shower was broken. Told reception on checking out but they didnt want to know. They charge high rates but do not provide fully functional room. When the cleaner… more

The bathroom has seen better days and the shower was not working. On the mixer tap the button/knob you push down for bath and pull up for shower was broken. Told reception on checking out but they didnt want to know. They charge high rates but do not provide fully functional room. When the cleaner comes into rooms they must notice things like this and should report it so it is sorted for the next paying customer

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“Ok for under £100, pay more you will be disappointed.”

Lovely staff, ample parking, big old fashioned conference hotel, decent gym and pool. Breakfast ok but extra charge. Handy just off bypass. Let down as massively as it’s overpriced as the it’s a very old hotel, rooms very basic and noisy re general building noise, poor TV, not even a biscuit in … more

Lovely staff, ample parking, big old fashioned conference hotel, decent gym and pool. Breakfast ok but extra charge. Handy just off bypass. Let down as massively as it’s overpriced as the it’s a very old hotel, rooms very basic and noisy re general building noise, poor TV, not even a biscuit in the room!! the whole place needs to updating if charging top prices. Ok for under £100 pay more and you will be disappointed.

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